PepetelaBorn in Benguela, Angola, Pepetela fought as an MPLA guerrilla from 1969 to 1975, seeing front-line service against the armies of Portugal and apartheid South Africa, as well as rival rebel groups. After Angolan independence, he was Deputy Minster of Education (1976-82) and taught sociology at Agostinho Neto University (1984-2008). Awarded the Camões Prize, the Portuguese language's highest literary award, for his life's work, Pepetela is the author of twenty-one novels, which have won prizes in Holland, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Angola, and have been published in more than twenty languages. He lives in Luanda, Angola. Read More Read Less